Best 605 quotes in «hopeful quotes» category

He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful.

He's solid. "You're fractured." He's hopeful. "You're hopeless." He's always there. "You're half there." He's faithful. "You're so not." He's giving. "You're afraid to give." He's honest. "You lie all the time." He's loving. "You don't know how to love.

Hippy people had a hopeful idea of what they wanted the world to be like, then most of them changed into corporate Yuppies. But I still have that hippy thing underneath somewhere.

His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract.

Hope cherishes no illusions, nor does it yield to cynicism.

Hope and faith are two intimate brothers; they always go together. Hope nourishes faith and faith treasures hope.

Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one.

Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all, the surest reposals, the softest cushions to lean on in adversity.

Hope is an adventure, a going forward, a confident search for a rewarding life.

Hope is man's preparation for the unknown.

Hope is the parent of Faith.

Hope puts up with modest gains, realizing that the longest journey starts with one step.

Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.

Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible.

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.

Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.

How beautiful that after 2,000 years, no one can outdo "God is love." It's the most perfectly concise, hopeful phrase in history.

Hope is a talent like any other.

I am fascinated by tiny, incremental changes, almost imperceptible shifts in how people orient themselves in the world, because those are in some ways the most hopeful.

I actually feel pretty inspired and hopeful by the fact that protests are becoming the norm now. They're less part of fringe society and more a part of mainstream society. That's exciting. There is no fringe anymore. We should all be included.

I am hopeful that the pendulum swings toward seeing immigrants in favorable terms once more.

I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations working together there in the cause of science set an example of international cooperation.

How could you not be hopeful if you've got a tree around?

I am a toggler. I always have three or four projects going, short stories alongside novels and essays. When one project is terrible, there's somewhere else hopeful to look.

I am hopeful that others who have suffered sexual harassment will not become discouraged by my experience, but instead will find the strength to speak out about this serious problem.

I am very hopeful that there is a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian injustice.

I am not a sentimental or superstitious person, so I don't have any pre-performance rituals. I am a very practical woman. After a performance I am always hopeful that I will lure someone home for a ritual of a more personal nature.

I am still hopeful we can go through the season unbeaten - a frightening thought.

If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!

I can't be optimistic. I can be hopeful.

If a person is fearful, it is a fearful time. If a person is hopeful, it's a hopeful time. If you look at world events one way, fear is reasonable. If you look at the world another way, hope is justified.

I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me.

I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it.

I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I've seen in the country since John Kennedy.

I don't think that I am hopeful because I have some data that you don't, that I am going to share with you and going to convince you on that basis.

I feel like I go back and forth between being fairly fatalistic and really more hopeful about the possibilities of things changing. And will see how that goes in this election cycle. That will probably strongly affect how fatalistic I am.

I feel like there's a moment, in every young girl's life, whether it happens with your family, or a tragedy or death in your family, or a relationship, where there's a turning point where you go from extremely hopeful and cheery to wondering whether you are okay with where you are. That's always awkward.

If you think humanity can get itself out of all this mess without divine help, then you're not being hopeful - you're hallucinating.

I feel the denial of gay marriage sends a prejudice message. Our youth deserve a fair and hopeful future with government that values us equally.

If we try to prohibit encryption or discourage it or make it more difficult to use, we're going to suffer the consequences that will be far reaching and very difficult to reverse, and we seem to have realized that in the wake of the September 11th attacks. To the extent there is any reason to be hopeful, perhaps that's where we'll end up here.

I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side.

If you want to feel safe, healthy, and hopeful, try to act as if you did feel that way. "Fake it 'till you feel it." maybe start with health -- try to walk energetically, speak energetically, do physical things.

I imagined Kandinsky's mind, spread out all over the world, and then gathered together. Everyone having only a piece of the puzzle. Only in a show like this could you see the complete picture, stack the pieces up, hold them to the light, see how it all fit together. It made me hopeful, like someday my life would make sense too, if I could just hold all the pieces together at the same time.

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

I have failed at unscripted television for five years now, so I am hopeful I can break that trend and get a good unscripted show on the air.

I have optimism and am incredibly hopeful for the future. I often say to friends, it's always darkest before the dawn, and lets be frank there's a lot of darkness out there right now, at least at a macro level. But once you drill down through that I think there's so much light, or at least the chance for it to erupt and illuminate the dark.

I love you, too." But this hopeful farewell does little to bring peace of mind, even now. Loving you has never been the problem. What's troubling me is how loving you may never be enough.

I'm a hopeful romantic who adores novels with happy endings, because there are enough sad endings in real life.

I'm a hopeful romantic. In a couple of drinks, I'll be a lucky romantic. That's why they call me Mr. Lucky.

I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.